H2H data updated: 2026-09-13 00:00 UTC

Irina-Camelia Begu vs Bethanie Mattek-Sands H2H: 5-0

Irina-Camelia Begu holds a 5–0 lead over Bethanie Mattek-Sands in their WTA head-to-head. Across 5 main-draw meetings, Irina-Camelia Begu leads 4–0 on clay and 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Irina-Camelia Begu won the 2016 Roland Garros first round 5-7 6-1 6-3.

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Irina-Camelia Begu
Romania Age 36 Right-Handed 181 cm / 5'11"
H2H
5 – 0
5 main-draw meetings
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
United States Age 41 Right-Handed 168 cm / 5'6"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Irina-Camelia Begu #72 7-6(7) 4-6 6-0 Bethanie Mattek-Sands #299 Match data Mar 6, 2021 Q1 Q Dubai Tennis Championships WTA 1000 Hard
Irina-Camelia Begu #28 5-7 6-1 6-3 Bethanie Mattek-Sands #86 Match data May 24, 2016* R128 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Irina-Camelia Begu #34 6-4 4-6 6-2 Bethanie Mattek-Sands #89 Match data Apr 7, 2016* R32 Charleston Open Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 Clay
Irina-Camelia Begu #30 6-4 7-6(6) Bethanie Mattek-Sands #164 Match data May 26, 2015* R128 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Irina-Camelia Begu #34 6-2 6-4 Bethanie Mattek-Sands #214 Match data Feb 20, 2015* R16 Rio de Janeiro International → modern equivalent WTA 250 Clay
Irina-Camelia Begu #57 6-4 1-6 6-2 Bethanie Mattek-Sands #201 Match data Oct 13, 2012* QF Linz Open International → modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard

1 qualifying meeting shown in the table; qualifying is excluded from the H2H score. Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Irina-Camelia Begu #461 #22 1,925 1,883 245 237 50.8% 0 0 0 0 6 6
Bethanie Mattek-Sands #1,356 #30 1,643 1,779 132 171 43.6% 0 0 0 0 0 0

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Irina-Camelia Begu Bethanie Mattek-Sands
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 — — — — — — — 2001 0–2 0.0% #343 1,471 0 0
17 — — — — — — — 2002 0–1 0.0% #214 1,470 0 0
18 2009 0–1 0.0% #234 1,493 0 0 2003 0–5 0.0% #158 1,428 0 0
19 2010 0–1 0.0% #202 1,485 0 0 2004 2–3 40.0% #172 1,445 0 0
20 2011 16–11 59.3% #40 1,657 0 0 2005 3–3 50.0% #123 1,488 0 0
21 2012 22–19 53.7% #52 1,728 0 1 2006 9–12 42.9% #126 1,571 0 0
22 2013 10–17 37.0% #131 1,558 0 1 2007 6–8 42.9% #114 1,590 0 0
23 2014 14–15 48.3% #41 1,617 0 1 2008 19–14 57.6% #39 1,700 0 0
24 2015 30–20 60.0% #31 1,698 0 2 2009 7–14 33.3% #153 1,624 0 0
25 2016 25–20 55.6% #29 1,682 0 3 2010 14–13 51.9% #58 1,706 0 0
26 2017 20–22 47.6% #43 1,663 0 4 2011 18–14 56.2% #55 1,709 0 0
27 2018 19–25 43.2% #67 1,592 0 4 2012 5–9 35.7% #169 1,667 0 0
28 2019 11–15 42.3% #102 1,560 0 4 2013 16–15 51.6% #48 1,691 0 0
29 2020 5–8 38.5% #78 1,712 0 4 2014 3–9 25.0% #177 1,611 0 0
30 2021 17–15 53.1% #62 1,738 0 4 2015 14–14 50.0% #60 1,680 0 0
31 2022 25–15 62.5% #34 1,832 0 5 2016 5–15 25.0% #178 1,579 0 0
32 2023 13–13 50.0% #75 1,776 0 5 2017 7–7 50.0% #123 1,672 0 0
33 2024 10–8 55.6% #79 1,803 0 5 2018 1–6 14.3% #350 1,607 0 0
34 2025 7–9 43.8% #144 1,758 0 6 2019 1–3 25.0% #370 1,588 0 0
35 2026 1–3 25.0% #461 1,725 0 6 2020 0–1 0.0% #338 1,609 0 0
36 — — — — — — — 2021 2–2 50.0% #368 1,599 0 0
38 — — — — — — — 2023 0–1 0.0% #1360 1,546 0 0

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Irina-Camelia Begu Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2009 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2003 0 4 4 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
19 2010 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2004 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2011 5 5 10 50.0% 11 5 16 68.8% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2005 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 2012 11 7 18 61.1% 10 9 19 52.6% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — 2006 5 4 9 55.6% 3 6 9 33.3% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
22 2013 6 10 16 37.5% 3 5 8 37.5% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2007 5 5 10 50.0% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0%
23 2014 6 8 14 42.9% 7 6 13 53.8% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2008 10 7 17 58.8% 2 5 7 28.6% 7 2 9 77.8% — — — —
24 2015 15 11 26 57.7% 13 6 19 68.4% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 2009 4 6 10 40.0% 3 6 9 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
25 2016 11 12 23 47.8% 13 5 18 72.2% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — 2010 9 7 16 56.3% 4 4 8 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
26 2017 6 14 20 30.0% 13 7 20 65.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2011 8 7 15 53.3% 7 5 12 58.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 3 1 4 75.0%
27 2018 10 16 26 38.5% 9 7 16 56.3% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 2012 3 7 10 30.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
28 2019 6 9 15 40.0% 5 6 11 45.5% — — — — — — — — 2013 8 10 18 44.4% 8 4 12 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
29 2020 0 4 4 0.0% 5 4 9 55.6% — — — — — — — — 2014 3 9 12 25.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2021 14 10 24 58.3% 1 4 5 20.0% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — 2015 8 7 15 53.3% 4 6 10 40.0% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — —
31 2022 10 9 19 52.6% 13 5 18 72.2% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — 2016 3 10 13 23.1% 2 4 6 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
32 2023 5 8 13 38.5% 7 4 11 63.6% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2017 3 4 7 42.9% 3 2 5 60.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
33 2024 1 2 3 33.3% 9 5 14 64.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2018 0 3 3 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — —
34 2025 1 4 5 20.0% 5 4 9 55.6% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2019 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2026 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2020 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2023 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 107 129 236 45.3% 124 85 209 59.3% 14 23 37 37.8% — — — — — 77 105 182 42.3% 38 48 86 44.2% 13 15 28 46.4% 4 3 7 57.1%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 446/482 of Irina-Camelia Begu's and 249/290 of Bethanie Mattek-Sands's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Irina-Camelia Begu Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
18 2009 1/1 1.0 6.0 65.5% 50.0% 43.6% 50.0% 62.5% 47.8% 44.3% 2003 1/5 1.0 3.0 54.7% 56.1% 35.3% 20.0% 61.5% 46.7% 49.4%
19 2010 1/1 0.0 4.0 69.8% 56.7% 15.4% 28.6% 0.0% 44.2% 28.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 2011 25/27 2.4 3.8 59.5% 61.9% 44.4% 50.6% 45.4% 54.7% 45.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 2012 37/41 2.2 3.4 66.2% 59.6% 45.3% 48.2% 50.8% 55.0% 43.8% 2006 13/21 3.3 2.6 58.5% 64.2% 43.2% 51.7% 42.0% 55.3% 42.2%
22 2013 25/27 1.8 5.3 61.0% 58.2% 38.3% 51.4% 46.8% 50.4% 43.5% 2007 13/14 2.2 1.5 57.7% 66.3% 49.3% 46.9% 43.7% 58.9% 41.2%
23 2014 27/29 2.5 3.3 62.7% 62.2% 46.4% 48.9% 47.6% 56.1% 43.1% 2008 23/33 1.6 3.7 64.3% 62.9% 46.1% 64.0% 47.4% 56.9% 45.5%
24 2015 38/50 2.7 3.8 65.1% 64.1% 50.2% 52.0% 58.6% 59.1% 42.3% 2009 20/21 1.7 2.4 63.3% 57.7% 45.5% 46.1% 46.9% 52.9% 41.6%
25 2016 42/45 3.6 4.4 61.2% 63.7% 45.3% 54.4% 49.3% 56.6% 43.1% 2010 26/27 2.2 2.0 61.3% 64.4% 51.1% 59.0% 47.7% 59.3% 45.0%
26 2017 41/42 2.2 4.6 63.5% 61.6% 46.0% 54.5% 52.8% 55.8% 44.4% 2011 30/32 1.8 2.9 58.9% 62.7% 47.4% 46.8% 49.5% 56.3% 46.5%
27 2018 43/44 1.8 4.5 63.4% 59.3% 42.0% 50.4% 50.5% 53.0% 42.8% 2012 13/14 3.1 2.8 51.1% 68.5% 44.4% 54.8% 52.0% 56.7% 40.9%
28 2019 26/26 1.7 4.3 63.2% 61.8% 47.1% 46.3% 53.2% 56.5% 44.4% 2013 27/31 2.4 3.0 54.9% 68.8% 47.6% 53.9% 48.4% 58.9% 43.9%
29 2020 13/13 1.3 4.0 67.6% 58.9% 45.8% 46.5% 47.1% 54.9% 40.5% 2014 12/12 2.4 3.1 58.1% 60.2% 43.1% 50.7% 45.1% 53.1% 43.9%
30 2021 32/32 2.8 3.8 64.2% 63.9% 43.4% 50.0% 42.1% 56.6% 42.4% 2015 21/28 1.7 3.3 61.5% 63.6% 51.1% 55.5% 52.4% 58.9% 41.4%
31 2022 39/40 3.3 4.6 64.0% 66.2% 46.4% 49.0% 43.8% 59.0% 43.5% 2016 20/21 2.2 4.2 56.6% 62.3% 45.1% 47.9% 43.6% 54.9% 41.5%
32 2023 26/26 2.6 4.2 65.6% 63.6% 45.5% 55.2% 48.0% 57.3% 43.6% 2017 13/14 1.8 2.9 55.0% 61.5% 45.4% 57.9% 49.2% 53.6% 45.2%
33 2024 17/18 1.8 2.7 67.5% 63.9% 46.2% 59.5% 51.3% 58.6% 45.2% 2018 7/7 1.9 3.1 55.8% 61.6% 47.2% 57.8% 36.8% 54.9% 36.7%
34 2025 9/16 1.7 4.2 62.5% 59.1% 43.6% 41.9% 49.2% 53.2% 39.9% 2019 4/4 1.0 1.0 59.9% 59.5% 37.2% 43.1% 30.6% 50.5% 37.4%
35 2026 4/4 2.8 3.0 69.3% 53.1% 38.8% 33.0% 35.4% 48.9% 34.0% 2020 1/1 0.0 2.0 68.9% 52.4% 42.1% 50.0% 50.0% 49.2% 38.2%
36 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2021 4/4 4.8 2.0 63.2% 64.2% 49.7% 62.7% 52.8% 58.9% 38.5%
38 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2023 1/1 1.0 2.0 58.7% 40.7% 21.1% 22.2% 75.0% 32.6% 46.3%
Career — 446/482 2.4 4.1 63.7% 62.0% 45.0% 50.8% 49.2% 55.9% 43.3% — 249/304 2.1 2.8 58.9% 63.4% 46.8% 53.0% 47.3% 56.3% 43.2%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Irina-Camelia Begu Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 1472 97.6 — — — — — — — 33.3% -1.67 0–2 — — +0.24
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 1471 102.7 — — — — — — — 0.0% -6.00 — — — -0.24
18 2009 1493 101.8 +1.68 +0.59 0.849 46.4% — — — 33.3% -1.67 0–1 — — -0.17 2003 1428 97.9 -0.28 +0.13 0.926 48.1% +37 — — 23.1% -2.08 0–3 (0%) 1–1 — -0.11
19 2010 1486 95.9 -0.38 -2.74 0.512 36.5% — — — 0.0% -5.00 — — — -0.01 2004 1446 108.5 — — — — +27 — — 41.7% -0.09 1–1 0–3 (0%) — +0.26
20 2011 1657 128.9 +0.21 +1.84 1.010 50.2% -80 +48 — 61.4% +0.35 2–3 (40%) 1–1 — -1.11 2005 1489 107.8 — — — — +15 — — 33.3% -1.42 2–0 1–0 — -0.17
21 2012 1729 124.4 -0.08 -0.14 0.972 49.4% -44 -4 -163 50.5% -0.14 8–5 (62%) 6–5 (55%) 105.0 -1.47 2006 1572 122.2 +0.43 -1.68 0.943 48.6% +8 -91 +26 43.1% -0.39 5–4 (56%) 0–3 (0%) 100.0 -0.91
22 2013 1559 109.9 -4.05 -1.09 0.877 47.2% +38 +77 -50 39.3% -0.64 4–2 (67%) 2–2 (50%) 101.9 +0.92 2007 1591 123.2 +1.17 -0.38 1.004 49.7% +13 — +9 40.7% -0.26 0–1 0–2 — -0.75
23 2014 1617 119.9 -0.25 -1.13 0.983 49.6% -23 +30 — 53.0% +0.03 5–7 (42%) 5–6 (45%) 99.1 +1.11 2008 1701 126.2 +0.68 +1.30 1.057 51.4% -35 -233 +73 57.1% +0.42 5–6 (45%) 6–6 (50%) 100.5 +1.78
24 2015 1698 131.5 +1.34 +0.89 1.034 50.9% -37 +30 -116 57.4% +0.44 9–10 (47%) 8–8 (50%) 100.3 +2.64 2009 1625 117.3 -1.61 -0.51 0.884 47.3% +19 -138 — 36.2% -1.00 2–3 (40%) 3–3 (50%) 100.2 -1.14
25 2016 1682 126.6 +0.58 +0.63 0.991 50.0% -72 +175 -137 52.4% 0.00 14–6 (70%) 7–2 (78%) 107.7 +0.64 2010 1706 132.3 +2.85 +1.63 1.105 52.1% -12 -173 -19 53.8% +0.32 4–7 (36%) 1–4 (20%) 95.8 -1.05
26 2017 1664 128.6 -0.38 +1.07 1.004 49.9% -89 +195 — 47.0% -0.15 9–7 (56%) 3–5 (38%) 99.2 +1.03 2011 1710 132.8 +1.02 +2.01 1.066 51.4% -2 -69 — 53.9% +0.33 7–7 (50%) 4–3 (57%) 101.1 -0.55
27 2018 1593 124.2 -2.95 -0.51 0.911 48.0% -36 +204 — 43.9% -0.57 7–5 (58%) 2–3 (40%) 102.2 +0.57 2012 1667 120.6 +0.55 -1.32 0.945 48.5% -24 — — 43.8% -0.37 0–4 (0%) 2–0 — -1.24
28 2019 1560 121.8 -0.13 +0.23 1.021 50.4% -4 +132 — 45.0% -0.18 3–7 (30%) 3–5 (38%) 95.8 +0.93 2013 1691 135.2 +2.51 +1.00 1.067 51.5% -81 +69 — 52.1% +0.58 6–5 (55%) 2–3 (40%) 100.2 -0.57
29 2020 1712 131.3 +0.09 -0.90 0.898 47.5% -48 +81 — 34.5% -0.65 3–0 (100%) 1–2 (33%) — -0.92 2014 1611 124.9 -0.22 +1.80 0.936 48.9% -60 — — 38.5% -0.69 0–4 (0%) 0–1 — -0.42
30 2021 1739 138.8 +0.20 -0.34 0.975 49.3% +5 -16 -180 50.7% +0.12 6–3 (67%) 7–9 (44%) 102.9 -1.63 2015 1680 127.9 +0.59 +0.51 1.006 50.5% -53 -16 -8 50.7% +0.25 5–6 (45%) 3–4 (43%) 98.7 +0.68
31 2022 1832 139.8 +1.77 +0.58 1.060 51.1% -93 +130 -232 58.5% +0.44 9–7 (56%) 5–4 (56%) 101.6 +0.25 2016 1580 121.1 -1.28 -1.16 0.918 48.2% -19 +56 — 37.7% -0.77 3–10 (23%) 4–2 (67%) 96.4 -1.05
32 2023 1777 132.8 +0.02 +1.18 1.021 50.3% -86 +140 — 50.8% -0.05 3–4 (43%) 3–1 (75%) 99.8 +0.24 2017 1673 126.6 -1.67 +2.39 0.975 49.6% -21 +4 — 50.0% -0.17 3–1 (75%) 2–0 — -0.16
33 2024 1803 131.2 +1.25 +2.03 1.090 51.8% -132 +166 — 52.6% 0.00 2–2 (50%) 2–2 (50%) 99.2 +0.10 2018 1608 112.8 0.00 -2.91 0.814 46.1% +12 +23 — 25.0% -1.44 0–2 0–3 (0%) — -0.29
34 2025 1758 125.4 -2.22 -2.60 0.853 46.5% -101 +159 — 45.0% -0.43 4–4 (50%) 2–0 — +0.64 2019 1589 112.7 -1.45 -1.61 0.756 43.6% -1 — — 30.0% -1.50 1–1 0–1 — -0.11
35 2026 1726 103.3 -3.12 -1.52 0.666 41.4% — — -74 22.2% -2.11 1–0 1–0 — +0.43 2020 1609 112.8 -0.17 +0.01 0.752 43.4% — — — 0.0% -3.00 — 0–1 — +0.19
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1599 112.0 +0.16 -1.07 0.936 50.3% +10 — — 44.4% +0.22 1–0 1–1 — +0.19
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2022 1587 101.1 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2023 1546 101.7 -1.87 -2.19 0.688 39.1% — — — 0.0% -4.00 — — — -0.04
39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2024 1533 97.8 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
40 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2025 1531 101.2 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 1883 134.3 -0.24 +0.24 0.980 49.5% -45 +108 -136 50.1% -0.07 89–73 (55%) 58–55 (51%) 104.7 +0.87 — 1779 132.2 +0.56 +0.45 0.989 49.8% -20 -58 +32 46.0% -0.19 45–67 (40%) 30–41 (42%) 92.4 -1.80

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.